bez eel ~t pereom or ” at .” fond ppeane ica! Benn wee 4 - Kwajalein Miy 30 (AP). The United States pulled all stops in giving . aid to 236 Marshallese sprinkled by radioactive ash fram the March 1 hydrogen test. For nearly 10 days I have had a free hand at Kwajalein and Majuro in talking to injured Marshallese, their leaders, military men and Joint Task Force Seven personn@l which ran the hydrogen tests this year. There has been no pressure er coercion on myself or the people I interviewed, All spoke frankly. J\came away with this opinions The AEC, the Joint Task Force, the Trust Territory and the Kwajalein Naval Air Station under command of Rear Admiral BR, S, Clarke did a magnificent job in meting this unferseen near tragedy, The question arises why wasn't this possibility farseen. Actually it was, and was quickly detected. Two things contributed to the incident. First, As AEC Chairman Lewis L. Strauss announced the "detonation was larger than expected." It spread over a mich wider area as result. Even this would have caused no trouble but a sudden unforeseen shift in high altitude Winds carried it over three inhabited tt islands. Since the March 1 detonation, the AEC has announced two additional tests. The AEC and Department of Defense announced on May 13 that the 1954 tests were concluded. (more) BLLOTE Se 9000181 Ac